Nail package structure



1969 1. w. BADER 3,485,354

NAIL PACKAGE STRUCTURE Filed June 5,, 1968 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

I. WALTON BADER ATTORNEY 1969 1. w. BADER 3,485,354

NAIL PACKAGE STRUCTURE Filed June 5, 1968 3 Sheets-Sheet, 2

IN VENTOR.

I.WALTON BADER BY ATTORNEY Dec. 23 1969 I. w. BADER NAIL PACKAGESTRUCTURE 3 Smecs-S et 3 Filed une 5, 1968 o /p m l/b A E VB m N y M L WZ. L9,, Y B 2 2 F. .m Ears/iv.

ATT RNEY United States Patent 3,485,354 NAIL PACKAGE STRUCTURE IzaakWalton Bader, New York, N.Y., assignor to Swingline Inca, Long IslandCity, N.Y., a corporation of New York Filed Tune 5, 1963, Ser. No.734,755 Int. Cl. B6511 85/62 US. Cl. 206-65 2 Claims ABSTRACT OF THEDISCLOSURE A nail package is shown which includes a circumferential bandadapted to surround a nail assembly a stem substantially centrallydisposed within the nail package and surround by the nail assembly and ahandle having a pair of spaced lateral portions. Each of the lateralportions terminates in a tab and the circumferential band has acomplementary cut-out portion within which each tab is retained. Thehandle is adapted to overlie the nail assembly.

This invention relates to a nail package which is particularly useful inholding a nail assembly which is described in the co-pending applicationof I. Walton Bader, Ser. No. 616,746, filed Jan. 23, 1967, and nowabandoned.

Nail assemblies are generally designed to be placed within the magazineof a fastener driving device. The nails composing the assembly aresequentially passed beneath a driver blade which severs the nailssuccessively from the assembly and drives them into work.

Shipping of such nail assemblies presents a problem and therefore acontainer is required to aid in such shipment. The container of thisinvention is simle and inexpensive to manufacture and yet supports thenail assembly in proper relationship for shipment. In addition thecontainer permits the entire nail assembly to be lifted by the handleportion thereof, disposed within the magazine of the fastener drivingdevice, and then the container can be removed simply and easily.

The above constitutes a brief description of this invention and some ofthe objects and advantages thereof. Other objects and advantages of thisinvention will become apparent to the reader of this specification asthe description proceeds.

The invention will be further described in reference to the accompanyingdrawings that are made a part of this specification.

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a nail package made in accordance withthis invention. In this view the nails contained therein are not shownfor clarity of illustration.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the structure shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the nail package of this invention. In thisview the nails contained within the package are shown in phantom lines.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the structure shown in FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the circumferential holding member of the nailpackage of this invention.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the handle portion of the nail package of thisinvention.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the structure shown in FIG. 4. Inthis figure the nails are shown in full lines for clarity ofillustration.

A detailed description of this invention will now be given by referenceto the specific form thereof as shown in the accompanying drawings. Inthis connection, however, the reader is cautioned to note that thespecific ice form of this invention as shown herein is for illustrativepurposes and for purposes of example only. Various changes andmodificaions could obviously be made within the spirit and scope of thisinvention.

A nail assembly 11, which is to be carried by the package 12 of thisinvention, preferably consists of a plurality of nails 13 which arejoined to one another by one or more joining members.

A circumferential holding member 16 surrounds the stem portion of thenails. Member 16 is provided with a plurality of cut-out portions 17.

Surrounding the interior of the nail assembly is a circular stem 18.

A handle portion 19 includes a pair of spaced lateral portions 20 and 21each of which terminates in a tab 22. The tabs 22 are retained withinthe cut-out portions of the circumferential holding member.

In operation the nail assembly 11 is procured which has been made byvarious methods. The stem member 18 is disposed within the assembly asshown in FIG. 7. The circumferential holding member 16 is then placedabout the assembly as shown in FIGS. 4 and 7. The handle 19 is thensecured to the circumferential holding member by locking tabs 22 intorecesses 17.

The complete nail and package assembly is then shipped to a user. Theuser disposes the package into an open magazine of a nail drivingmachine. The user then removes handle 19 from member 16 by unlockingtabs 22 and then removes holding member 16 from nails 13. The magazineis then closed and the machine operated. After the nails have beencompletely driven the stem 18 is removed frorn the magazine.

The foregoing sets forth the manner in which the objects of thisinvention are achieved.

I claim:

1. A nail package structure comprising a circumferential holding memberprovided with a plurality of lateral recesses adjacent the bottomthereof, a nail assembly embraceably retained by said holding member, astem member substantially centrally disposed within said package andsurrounded by said nail assembly, and a flexible handle member adaptedto partially overlie said nail assembly and having a pair of outwardlyextending end portions, each of said end portions being adapted to beretained within one of said lateral recesses.

2. A nail assembly as described in claim 1 said lateral recesses beingportions cut out of the bottom of said holding member and said outwardlyextending end portions being tabs.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 205,355 6/1878 Cole. 1,860,3495/1932 Larkin. 2,867,820 l/ 1937 Bell 206-29 FOREIGN PATENTS 1,350,78412/1963 France.

JOSEPH R. LECLAIR, Primary Examiner JOHN M. CASKIE, Assistant ExaminerUS. or. X.R.

